Let's Craft: Hobbit House Miniature / Book Nook

Hi there, Happy New Year! :D
We're starting the creative journey off with one of the Christmas presents I made in 2020, a miniature book nook based on a Hobbit House from the Lord of the Rings series.

I wanted to make a book nook for so long, and I am super super satisfied with this one. I'm finally getting the hang of all those tiny details needed for miniatures, and I find myself thinking much more outside the box (pun intended), to create them.

And as much as I hate numbers, making a detailed sketch for this mini has helped me a lot. I love going freestyle and measuring by eye, but working based on the sketch, with all the numbers worked out beforehand, was pretty chill.
I already started planning the next mini with a detailed sketch, but whenever I can I avoid calculating stuff :P

After the flower mayhem that was the TXT mini, sticking on the plastic plants felt like meditation lol. I'm honestly really happy with this project and it was such a nice, calm way to end the year.

I hope to see you here again next week, until then, check out other vids or my instagram (official_luna_rogers) for behind the scenes info and lots of cat pics.

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As always, here's all the info I got on the project :D

materials:
4mm birch wood
2mm balsa wood
4mm cardboard
5mm wooden stick
2mm grey board (you can substitute craft cardboard)
egg carton strips (cut from the lid, ca. 1 cm width)
masking tape
packing paper or newspaper
acrylic sheet (can be salvaged from packaging, you just need 2 small pieces)
white spackle
polymer clay (white, orange and light brown, you can also use only white and then paint the pots)
PVA glue / wood glue (like Elmer's or Ponal)
hot glue
moss
grass mat or loose grass if you prefer
fake plants and flowers
various acrylic paints
pastel chalk and colored pencils (optional, you can use acrylic for everything)
a boardgame figure (or something similar to make the lamp)
sanding paper

Tools used:
pencils/pens
ruler and/or protractor
dremel tool (you can also substiture hand files)
regular saw and coping saw
craft knife
scissors
hot glue gun
tweezers
brushes and/or sponges (I used a cut up kitchen sponge)
an oven (to bake the clay if you don't use air-dry)
any kind of weight to hold the parts of the box in place

measurements:

4mm birch wood pieces (one each)
20 cm x 20 cm
20 cm x 20,5 cm
20,5 cm x 20,5 cm

2mm balsa wood pieces
circle (door) 8cm diameter
20 cm x 1,5 cm trim
6 mm wide columns (combine 3 pieces of balsa wood)

2mm grey board piece (can also be balsa wood if you want)
20 cm x 2,5 cm top piece, cut into 3 angled pieces

Видео Let's Craft: Hobbit House Miniature / Book Nook канала Luna Rogers